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A Bad Day for Sunshine
By: Darynda Jones
Narrated by: Lorelei King
Length: 11 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
“This suspenseful and witty first novel in a new series is a perfect match for narrator Lorelei King." -- Booklist
"Narrator Lorelei King works well with the subtly snarky style of author Darynda Jones...Listeners will look forward to the next installment of this new series, as some mysteries are solved, and others remain." -- AudioFile Magazine ... Read more
Joy at Work
By: Marie Kondo & Scott Sonenshein
Narrated by: Brittany Ishibashi & Dan Woren
Length: 5 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Declutter your desk and brighten up your business with this transformative guide from an organizational psychologist and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
The workplace is a magnet for clutter and mess. Who hasn't felt drained by wasteful meetings, disorganized papers, endless emails, and... Read more
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know
By: Samira Ahmed
Narrated by: Leila Buck & Soneela Nankani
Length: 10 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Told in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling
author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape
the pressure of cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men.
It’s August in Paris and 17-year-old Khayyam Maquet—American, French,... Read more
The Engineer's Wife
By: Tracey Enerson Wood
Narrated by: Libby McKnight
Length: 14 hours
Abridged: No
She built a monument for all time.
Then she was lost in its shadow.
Emily Warren Roebling refuses to live conventionally—she knows who she is and what she wants, and she’s determined
to make change. But then her husband, Wash, asks the unthinkable: give up her dreams to make his possible.
Emily’s fight for women’s suffrage is put on hold and her... Read more
We Want Our Bodies Back
By: jessica Care moore
Narrated by: jessica Care moore
Length: 2 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
A dazzling full-length collection of verse from one of the leading poets of our time.Over the past two decades, jessica Care moore has become a cultural force as a poet, performer, publisher, activist, and critic. Reflecting her transcendent electric voice, this searing poetry collection is filled with moving, original stanzas that speak to both... Read more
View audiobookDays of Distraction
By: Alexandra Chang
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 10 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
“Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George SaundersA Most Anticipated Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, and The MillionsA wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if... Read more
View audiobookThe Honey-Don't List
By: Christina Lauren
Narrated by: Patti Murin & Jon Root
Length: 7 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author behind the “joyful, warm, touching” (Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author) The Unhoneymooners comes a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a rocky relationship from explosion start to feel sparks of their own.
Carey Duncan has worked... Read more
This Is Chance!
By: Jon Mooallem
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
The thrilling, cinematic story of a community shattered by disaster—and the extraordinary woman who helped pull it back together
“A powerful, heart-wrenching book, as much art as it is journalism.”—The Wall Street Journal
“A beautifully wrought and profoundly joyful story of compassion and perseverance.”—BuzzFeed (Best Books of the Year)
In the... Read more
Lakewood
By: Megan Giddings
Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo
Length: 8 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
A startling debut about class and race, Lakewood evokes a terrifying world of medical experimentation—part The Handmaid’s Tale, part The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.One of The Millions’ Most Anticipated Reads (The Great First Half 2020 Books)When Lena Johnson’s beloved grandmother dies, and the full extent of the family debt is revealed,... Read more
View audiobookTigers, Not Daughters
By: Samantha Mabry
Narrated by: Luis Moreno
Length: 6 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
THE FIRST TIME ANA TORRES C A M E B AC K A S A G H O S T, HER SISTERS WEREN’T THERE.
A year later, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, still consumed by grief and haunted by Ana’s memory, start
noticing strange things around the house: laughter without a voice, shadows cast by nothing,
writing on the walls. None of them have seen Ana, but they know she’s... Read more
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick
By: Zora Neale Hurston
Narrated by: Aunjanue Ellis
Length: 8 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
From “one of the greatest writers of our time” (Toni Morrison)—the author of Barracoon and Their Eyes Were Watching God—a collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available to a wide audience for the first time.
New York Times’ Books to Watch for
Buzzfeed’s Most Anticipated Books of 2020
Newsweek’s Most... Read more
How to Be Fine
By: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer
Narrated by: Jolenta Greenberg & Kristen Meinzer
Length: 4 hours 54 minutes
Abridged: No
A humorous and insightful look into what advice works, what doesn’t, and what it means to transform yourself, by the co-hosts of the popular By the Book podcast.In each episode of their podcast By the Book, Jolenta Greenberg and Kristen Meinzer take a deep dive into a different self-help book, following its specific instructions, rules, and... Read more
View audiobookCharles Darwin's Barnacle and David Bowie's Spider
By: Stephen B. Heard, PhD
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
An engaging history of the surprising, poignant, and occasionally scandalous stories behind scientific names and their cultural significance.
Ever since Carl Linnaeus's binomial system of scientific names was adopted in the eighteenth century, scientists have been eponymously naming organisms in ways that both honor and vilify their namesakes.... Read more
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
By: Jessica Kim
Narrated by: Greta Jung
Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
Abridged: No
One lie snowballs into a full-blown double life in this irresistible story about an aspiring stand-up comedian.
On the outside, Yumi Chung suffers from #shygirlproblems, a perm-gone-wrong, and kids calling her "Yu-MEAT" because she smells like her family's Korean barbecue restaurant. On the inside, Yumi is ready for her Netflix stand-up special.... Read more
The Animals At Lockwood Manor
By: Jane Healey
Narrated by: Sarah Lambie
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection.
In August 1939, thirty-year-old Hetty Cartwright arrives at Lockwood Manor... Read more
Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
By: Sean Dietrich
Narrated by: Sean Dietrich
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from the mountain range. His father was a man who lived for baseball, a steel worker with a ready... Read more
View audiobookThe Death of Sitting Bear
By: N. Scott Momaday
Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native American tradition.
“The poems in this book reflect my deep respect for and appreciation of words. . . . I believe that poetry is the highest form of verbal expression. Although I have... Read more
Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother
By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Narrated by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Length: 10 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable... Read more
View audiobookAt the Center of All Beauty
By: Fenton Johnson
Narrated by: Sean Runnette
Length: 7 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A profound meditation on accepting and celebrating one's solitude.
Solitude is the inspirational core for many writers, artists, and thinkers. Alone with our thoughts, we can make discoveries that matter not only to us but to others. To be solitary is not only to draw sustenance from being alone, but to know that our ultimate responsibility is... Read more
These Fevered Days
By: Martha Ackmann
Narrated by: Martha Ackmann
Length: 9 hours 21 minutes
Abridged: No
On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, “All things are ready” and with this resolute statement,
her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely “at home” (the occupation listed on her death
certificate), Dickinson’s interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was hesitant about publication,
embraced... Read more
Mañanaland
By: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Length: 5 hours
Abridged: No
Newbery Honoree Pam Munoz Ryan weaves an entrancing tale of courage and self-discovery."Uniquely magical...Timely and timeless." -- New York Times* "This tightly packed, powerful fantasy contains resonant truths." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review* "Another unforgettable work from a master storyteller." -- Booklist, starred review* "Richly... Read more
View audiobookYou Are Not Alone
By: Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik & Dylan Moore
Length: 11 hours
Abridged: No
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
One of Newsweek's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
One of SheReads Most Anticipated Books of 2020
One of PopSugar's Most Anticipated Books of 2020
One of HelloGiggles’ Most Anticipated Books of 2020
One of Marie Claire’s Best Fiction by Women in 2020
One of Woman’s Day’s Best Fiction Books Coming Out in 2020
The... Read more
Temporary
By: Hilary Leichter
Narrated by: Carly Robins
Length: 5 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
In Temporary, a young woman’s workplace is the size of the world. She fills increasingly bizarre placements in search of steadiness, connection, and something, at last, to call her own. Whether it’s shining an endless closet of shoes, swabbing the deck of a pirate ship, assisting an assassin, or filling in for the Chairman of the Board, for the... Read more
View audiobookAnna K
By: Jenny Lee
Narrated by: Jenna Ushkowitz
Length: 13 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Narrator Jenna Ushkowitz is an award-winning actress, singer, producer, and podcast host best known for her role as Tina Cohen-Chang on Glee.
Meet Anna K! Every happy teenage girl is the same, while every unhappy teenage girl is miserable in her own special way...
At seventeen, Anna K is at the top of Manhattan and Greenwich society (even if she... Read more